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Why is this needed?
The average length of our calendar year is 365.2425 days, which is 5 hours 49 minutes and 3 seconds too long. To prevent the changing of seasons, for the first time B.C. In 238, one day was added to the year every four years. B.C
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calendar reform
Until 1582, people followed the Julian calendar (named after Julius Caesar). However, this was 11 minutes and 14 seconds longer than the actual year. The inaccuracy increased so much over the centuries that Pope Gregory XIII. He decreed ten leap days in the papal bull on 24 February 1582.
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Rule
Since then we have stuck to the Gregorian calendar and followed the rule: A year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4. Exception: divisible by 100. Exception to exception and hence leap year: divisible by 400.
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It is rarely celebrated
Frankly, anyone born on February 29 can celebrate their birthday only once every four years. Celebrities born in leap years include author Martin Suter (born February 29, 1948), US rapper Ja Rule (born February 29, 1976), and German model Lena Gercke (born February 29, 1988).
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Women’s Choice Day
Leap Day has a very special meaning in Great Britain. According to tradition, women can formally ask for the hand of their chosen one on Leap Day.
Source : Blick
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